Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Tree of Life Insight

So this week was a little bit difficult. Our 2
most promising investigators told us that they didn't want us to come by
anymore and we couldn't find any of our other investigators all week. BUT
yesterday we saw at least 10 miracles during the day! A lot of them
happened when a ton of less actives finally came to church! Another was
that the recent convert of my comp showed up again and is normal again
(he got back into drugs and alcohol after his baptism). You've got to
look for the miracles because they are literally EVERYWHERE!

So
it's really awesome when your convert of one month can literally
destroy a Jehovha´s Witness of Level 33. For those of you who don't know,
JWs have a ranking system based on their knowledge. Level 33 is the
highest and it's also the level which they need in order to talk to the
missionaries. If they aren't 33, then they are literally prohibited to
talk to us. Haha so the neighbor of our convert is a JW Level 33 (we
know because we´ve talked with her before). Apparently that neighbor has
tried to tell our convert lies and to try to convince her that she's
wrong - lies such as we worship Joseph Smith and that we don't believe in
God, we practice polygamy still, and other things. Haha our convert
stood up for what she knew was true and straight up told the JW that she
was completely wrong then she told her exactly how things are. Yes, my
comp and I are very happy to know that our convert of one month is firm
in the gospel!

So the picture is quite awesome. Just look at it and you'll know why.

Here's
a little insight from Lehi´s vision of the tree of life. So before Lehi
tasted the fruit he had to be led to the tree. Then once Lehi had been
led to the tree and tasted the fruit he, in turn, led others to the
tree. The Lord led Lehi (prophet) to the tree and then Lehi led
others (his family) to the tree because he knew how to find it. In order
to find the tree we need to be led by someone who is already at the
tree and knows the way. We have the words of prophets, ancient and
modern, who know the way and who lead and guide us so that we arrive at
the tree of life. After we arrive at the tree and taste of the fruit
we, like Lehi, will have the desire to help others arrive at the tree.
More than the desire, we will have the responsibility to help others.
The Lord expects us to help our brothers and sisters who do not yet have the gospel to arrive at the tree. If we don't use our time helping others
arrive at the tree that unused time could become occupied with listening
to the people in the building which is dangerous because everyone who
gives heed to them will fall away. So, once we arrive at the tree, let's
use our time in helping others arrive as well instead of using our time
listening to the world.

That is all for this week. Love you all! Read and Watch the conference talks again because you'll receive even more revelation.